More than 350 residents turned out at Paddington’s Village Inn in Sydney on Saturday in an attempt to protect the heritage-listed pub from the march of local fashion label Alemais, which has proposed turning the pub into a boutique.
The rally comes after a proposal was put forward to convert the nearly two-centuries-old pub into a ground floor boutique, with co-working spaces on the upper floor, by Alemais owner and founder Lesleigh Jermanus and her retail entrepreneur husband Chris Buchanan.
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